PUTNOE WOODS PRESCHOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 1145918 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RUTHERFORD RASCALS PRESCHOOL

To enhance the development and education of children primarily under statutory age by encouraging parents to understand and provide the needs of their children through groups and by offering appropriate play, education and care facilities, family learning and extended hours groups ensuring all opportunities are for all children whatever their race, culture, religion, means or ability.

Objects

TO ENHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION OF CHILDREN PRIMARILY UNDER STATUTORY AGE BY ENCOURAGING PARENTS TO UNDERSTAND AND PROVIDE THE NEEDS OF THEIR CHILDREN THROUGH COMMUNITY GROUPS AND BY OFFERING APPROPRIATE PLAY, EDUCATION AND CARE FACILITIES, FAMILY LEARNING AND EXTENDED HOURS GROUPS ENSURING ALL GROUPS OFFER OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL CHILDREN WHATEVER THEIR RACE, CULTURE, RELIGION, MEANS OR ABILITY

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a healthy surplus of £67,393 for the year ended 31 July 2025, with total funds carried forward increasing to £446,467. The trustees report that costs were well controlled and funding rates increased, allowing the preschool to remain financially stable despite rising operational costs. The charity holds sufficient unrestricted funds to meet its stated reserves policy of six weeks' operating costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07900733

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SMITH, Jamiee — director, appointed 01/12/2024not on trustee list
• COLEMAN, Cassie — director, appointed 22/11/2023on trustee list
• ROBINSON, Julia — director, appointed 12/06/2022on trustee list
• DIMELOW, Kieran David — director, appointed 29/06/2021on trustee list
• WHITNEY, Lucy Helen — secretary, appointed 21/09/2018

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/02/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kieran Dimelowchair
• Alex Crawley
• Cassie Coleman
• Jaimee Smith
• Julia Robinson
• Lauren Troiano

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Bedford

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